Rwanda missions

12 Mar
0

Love Alive Women’s Sewing Center, Kabuga.

I didn’t dream of this a year ago. In fact, my ideas were quite simple. I came to Rwanda simply with God as my guide. I simply wanted to show people His love, and trusted He would provide the ways. When last March we were able to provide a ladies group with 6 sewing machines I was thrilled. The women were blessed and excited, but that was as far as my plans went. Now, one year later, the ladies and their...

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11 Mar
0

Here’s the latest in Rwanda

Dear Friends of Love Alive, It has been another blessed and busy month full of activity and new programs coming to fruition. I am reminded of Proverbs 16:9 wherein we read that we humans may make our plans and agendas, but it is God who will direct our ways. I am so thankful for a God who plans our every step. Admittedly, when I came to Rwanda, I had various ideas and plans, but very little concrete direction on how they...

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19 Feb
1

Sick of his Tricks

I’m sick.  In the depths of my being I ache, and I’m angry at how Satan is fooling the masses. I’ve been asking God to increase my zeal to see souls brought to Him, that I would not be so focused on the temporal physical needs that I would lose the greater vision that each has an eternal soul that needs the Salvation of Jesus Christ and the fullness of a life lived for Him. Furthermore, I have begun praying for...

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21 Jan
0

Sometimes while we’re praying that God will send someone, we realize that maybe He wants us to get up and go.

I was sitting on the street corner waiting for a friend when I saw them. One ragged little boy dug through a trash bin, found some bread and eagerly shared it with the other boys. I watched with pity, wishing there was something I could do. These little guys who live in the streets have a special place in my heart, but my ability to work with them or help them has been greatly limited by government...

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19 Jan
2

January 2014 Update

Dear Friends, Family & Prayer Warriors, I write, hoping this New Year is off to a wonderful start for each of you. Here this year has taken off at a rapid pace with so many exciting things happening, I’m not sure if I can condense them all into one update, but I will certainly do my best. When I returned to Rwanda in mid-November, as most of you know, I immediately hit a few set-backs with visa issues. Added to that, all...

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19 Jan
1

Can a Sewing Machine be the Means by which a Woman can Leave Prostitution to Pursue a Better Life?

An Open Letter to the Ladies of Crosspoint church in Georgia Dear Ladies of Crosspoint, Thank you again so much for your gift of purchasing a sewing machine to provide a Rwandan lady the ability to earn a living for her family. I’m especially thrilled to tell you how your sewing machine is being used to impact a life. When I first came to Rwanda, I met an adolescent boy in a local shop where I would often stop for a drink or snack....

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03 Dec
0

In What Kind of World?

In a recent letter home, I relayed a situation I was in where I simply had to walk away, but I commented, “If I were reading this story in a novel, I’d be so irritated that the character would walk away! Surely she should do something, fight, risk, lead a march, defy the odds and act. Come what may, just do something.” Yet here I was the character in the situation, and I was simply walking away. I met Jack just...

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06 Sep
2

Trainings, Dinners, MP3s and Goats

What do Conferences, Trainings, Dinners, Goats and MP3 players all have in common? Each can be used to show compassion and share Jesus. As I sit inside my home, I hear my neighbor girls listening to Bible stories via Solar-powered MP3 Players, pre-loaded with hours and hours of the Bible in their language. I had brought several of these devices with me and had lent them one a few months ago. They continue to listen day after day, repeating the same...

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31 Aug
3

Sienna’s Supper

  “But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” Luke 14:13 Recently, I came across this verse and was struck with the thought, “When have I ever had a feast and intentionally invited the poor, the crippled the lame and the blind?” Yet, it is clearly a command spoken by Jesus. Oh, sure, I’ve...

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07 Aug
1

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers!

I’m frequently asked about numbers. “How many people attended? How many people accepted Jesus? What is the total number of salvations you’ve seen?” There’s really nothing wrong with numbers. I think it is part of our American culture to measure success in numbers. We like tangible things. We get satisfaction in facts of what is being accomplished. In the business world, performance is measured in numbers. The trend of finding security in numbers of attendance, conversions, memberships, baptisms and so...

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